Cole Bettles ______ by a number of universities when he received an e-mail from the University of California last month. 

Yang Jiechi stated firmly that the Diaoyu islands had belonged to China from ancient times and            in 1895 after Japan defeated the Qing Dynasty in a war.

In the past ten years, the ____mountain climber ____ a lot from his own adventurous _______

Helen said that they ________ for 3 years.

I ________ up to $5 000 by the time the new term begins in September.